WENGER Manufacturing Inc late last month acquired the machinery division of fellow US-based extruder manufacturer Extru-Tech Inc. Both maintain corporate offices and production plants in Sabetha, Kansas.

LaVon Wenger, Wenger's chairman and chief executive officer, confirmed that it is Wenger's plan to keep the Extru-Tech name and integrate, where practical, Extru-Tech's existing operations with its own.

Each company will continue to market and sell its own line of equipment under their Wenger and Extru-Tech brand names.

Corporate offices and production facilities of both companies will remain in Sabetha.

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